Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!-Chapter 199 - 196: Father-in-Law, I Already Know the Gold Mine’s Location
The steward saw him and immediately stepped forward to stop him: "Young master! Young master, something’s wrong, the City Lord’s carriage is already outside the mansion."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Dao was even more elated: "Perfect timing! Quickly, go and welcome my father-in-law."
As the saying goes, some things come at the right time rather than just a good time.
He had already discovered the location of the gold mine and was waiting to tell the City Lord.
Thus, when the City Lord arrived, Jiang Dao couldn’t wait to personally welcome him, speaking bluntly without much preamble.
"Father-in-law, I’ve already found out the location of that gold mine."
The City Lord’s expression darkened: "You really know?"
Seeing that he seemed skeptical, Jiang Dao immediately invited him into the room, took out pen and ink, and drew the exact location.
He eagerly showed it to the City Lord for review: "It definitely can’t be wrong."
"Father-in-law, there are still people illegally mining this gold mine now, those people are utterly brazen! Ignorant of the law! You know that Longchang Mountain is within the boundaries of Da Jing."
"As the City Lord, you must have ways to take back this gold mine from such scoundrels, and then we can align ourselves with the Prince..."
Before he could finish, the City Lord had already placed the paper he had drawn on the candlestick, and the fire quickly reduced it to ashes: "You actually know quite a lot."
Jiang Dao was somewhat stunned, smiling awkwardly: "This is all to serve my father-in-law, naturally giving it my all."
The City Lord placed both hands behind his back, his gaze as cold as a piercing winter wind sweeping over.
"Dao’er, sometimes knowing too much isn’t a good thing either."
As the words fell, Jiang Dao was still full of doubts, and the next moment, several burly men suddenly stormed into the room! They apprehended him without hesitation!
Jiang Dao was shocked: "Father-in-law! Father-in-law! What are you doing? Haven’t I already told you the location of the gold mine? Isn’t this much more significant than some exquisite porcelain?"
"The Prince will definitely..."
"I said, you know too much."
Jiang Dao struggled with all his might, suddenly realizing.
"Father-in-law! You...could it be you’ve known the gold mine’s location all along? Or is it...is it..." Jiang Dao’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked over.
At this moment, he probably guessed that his good father-in-law might just be the person behind the gold mine!!
Knowing the location himself, wouldn’t that mean he’d be silenced?
Jiang Dao abruptly reacted and hurriedly spoke: "Father-in-law, even if I know, we’re family, I certainly won’t say anything to outsiders. Father-in-law, spare my life!"
The City Lord was unmoved, instead giving the burly men beside him a glance.
Seeing the situation slipping away, Jiang Dao, in desperation, spoke angrily!
"Father-in-law! Your daughter is still in my hands, she had an affair, shameless! She’s your closest daughter!"
Bringing this up, the City Lord’s face instantly changed, swinging a fist at him, then immediately grabbed a candlestick and set his hair on fire!
As the blazing flames rose, the severe and piercing pain struck, causing Jiang Dao to emit a heart-wrenching scream.
But his limbs were restrained, leaving no room to struggle.
In the thick smell of burning, the City Lord pulled out a knife and brutally cut off his tongue!
Blood splattered everywhere, the scene was gruesome, yet at this moment outside the mansion, an uncountable number of people filled the alley to the brim.
The stewards and servants within the mansion, upon seeing this, turned pale with fright, at a loss for what to do, shouting towards the house: "Young master, City Lord! This is bad, very bad!"
The City Lord, holding a blood-stained dagger, impatiently lowered his eyes.
Before he could say anything further, the mansion’s doors were forcefully broken in by the countless people outside! Those in tattered clothes swarmed in from outside, flooding into the manor.
Facing death fearlessly, they charged forward with the force of a devastating landslide!
"City Lord! Run!"
The City Lord hadn’t yet reacted when the guards by his side pushed him towards the secluded backyard to escape.
Those who charged in were unstoppable, soon taking over the entire Tuji Mansion.
But they weren’t there to loot or destroy; their target was solely the City Lord!
Without finding the City Lord, his son-in-law Jiang Dao would just be a lamb awaiting slaughter.
Already in agony on the ground, seeing the crowd, he ignored his pain, trying to crawl away, yet he lacked the strength to fight off so many.
He was seized by the hair, beaten and kicked, vomiting blood everywhere, tortured to the point he couldn’t even speak.
In a daze, he saw Ruan Mian in the crowd, eyes wide open, staring at her in disbelief, mouth opening and closing, but unable to utter a word.
Ruan Mian, however, guessed what he wanted to say, crouched down, and said only one thing.
"Technically, I should address you as cousin."
The cold smile in her eyes was as ruthless as a blade.
These words made Jiang Dao cough up his last blood, only to realize! She is... Ruan Mian.
"The Jiang Family has fallen, aunt’s great revenge has been avenged, you, unfilial son, should fall into the Beast Path, suffering endless humiliation and trampling in countless cycles of rebirth."
His veins bulged, his vision blurred by the blood.
Ruan Mian, seeing the little butterflies circling overhead, followed their direction to a secluded courtyard.
She had looked at the blueprint, clearly showing the City Lord was aiming to slip away through the alleyway.
Ruan Mian touched the Jade Bracelet, summoning the White Tiger, soaring over roofs, directly blocking the City Lord and his guards.
The White Tiger descended from the sky! With a fierce aura, it instantly frightened the two to collapse on the ground.
This time the guard, ignoring the City Lord, fled in terror.
The City Lord wanted to grab him, but his legs wouldn’t respond, couldn’t move at all!
In the end, he could only look at Ruan Mian and the fierce beast with a pale face.
He had never seen a woman using a beast as a steed...
His trembling voice came dully: "Please... spare me... spare me, lady knight!"
After kowtowing once, he got up again, only to find the beast had vanished without a trace, leaving Ruan Mian alone standing before him.
The City Lord thought he was hallucinating, even more convinced the woman before him was extraordinary, pleading for mercy with full sincerity.
Ruan Mian said coldly and calmly: "I can spare your insignificant life, but you need to release all the enslaved taken under the gold mine and restore them to normal civilian life."
The City Lord nodded without hesitation! Pale-faced, he agreed.
"Okay, okay, these are all minor things!! But the slave records are all at the City Lord’s mansion, if..."
Before he could finish, a gust of wind swept by, and in an instant, he found himself seated on the White Tiger’s back, fainting from fear.
So useless!!
Ruan Mian went through the back mountain, not long after arriving at the City Lord’s estate.
She leaped onto the rooftop, throwing him into the courtyard, following up with a bucket of cold water to jolt him awake.
Seeing himself already at his own mansion, the City Lord dared not think too much, tremblingly shuffling to the study, urgently ordering someone to bring all the slave records over.
